Classical Music Playlist, October 30, 2025
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
No one really knows why Franz Schubert never completed his 8th Symphony, what we now call the “Unfinished.” But judging by the existing two movements, he was on the road to success with it. And though a nearly completed third movement scherzo in piano score with just a couple pages orchestrated also exists, the two completed movements are usually all that are performed. And you’ll hear them as Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony No. 8 for today’s Midday Masterpiece.
6:00 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 974
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
6:10 a.m.
Gang Chen; Zhanhao He
The Butterfly Lovers (Concerto for Violin)
Singapore Symphony Orchestra; Lan Shui, conductor Gil Shaham, violin; Jonathan Fox, gu ban; Nella Hunkins, cello; Ta Jin, flute; Gulia Mashurova, harp
6:39 a.m.
Astor Piazzolla
Five Pieces for Guitar: 2. Romantico
Franz Halasz, guitar
6:44 a.m.
Antonio Rosetti
Concerto for horn in E major C 50
Palatinate Chamber Orchestra; Johannes Moesus, conductor Sarah Willis, horn
7:00 a.m.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Piano Quintet in Eb minor Opus 87
Schubert Ensemble of London
7:22 a.m.
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin The tomb of Couperin
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor
7:41 a.m.
Isaac Albeniz
Asturias (Leyenda) - from "Suite Espanola" Opus 47
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
7:47 a.m.
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G minor in G minor Opus 23
Yuja Wang, piano
7:52 a.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE MAGIC FLUTE: Overture (Die Zauberflote) K 620
English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
7:59 a.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 6: III. Scherzo (Furiant) in D major Opus 60
Cleveland Orchestra; Christoph Von Dohnanyi, conductor
8:08 a.m.
Edvard Grieg
Symphonic Dances Opus 64
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
8:41 a.m.
Agustin Barrios
Danzas Paraguayas
David Russell, guitar
8:46 a.m.
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
Staatskapelle Berlin; Otmar Suitner, conductor
8:51 a.m.
Ricardo Castro
Piano Concerto: III. Polonaise in A minor Opus 22
Orquesta Sinf�nica de Miner�a (OSM); Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
9:00 a.m.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Opus 67
German Chamber Philharmonic; Paavo Jarvi, conductor
9:32 a.m.
Alexander Scriabin
Prelude No. 11 in B major Opus 11/11
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
9:33 a.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Voces8; Eric Whitacre, conductor Nelson Freire, piano
9:38 a.m.
Amy Beach
Quartet for Strings Opus 89
Lark Quartet
9:54 a.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon in the 12th tone
Chicago Symphony Brass; Mark Ridenour, conductor
10:00 a.m.
Karl Goldmark
Sakuntala Overture Opus 13
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Andras Korodi, conductor
10:17 a.m.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in A minor Opus 199
Brasil Guitar Duo
10:23 a.m.
Thelonious Monk
Monk's Mood
Kristin Lee, violin; Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
10:29 a.m.
Franz Krommer
Concerto for two clarinets in Eb major Opus 35
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia; Kalman Berkes, conductor Kalman Berkes, clarinet; Kaori Tsutsui, clarinet
10:51 a.m.
Engelbert Humperdinck
HANSEL UND GRETEL Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
11:00 a.m.
Carl Maria Von Weber
Symphony No. 2 in C major J 51
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Neville Marriner, conductor
11:20 a.m.
Franz Schubert
Impromptu No. 2 in Eb major Opus 90/2 D 899
Maria Joao Pires, piano
11:24 a.m.
Gentil Montana
Suite Colombiana No. 2: III. Bambuco
Jose Antonio Escobar, guitar
11:28 a.m.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Violin Concerto in A major Opus 5/2
Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, conductor Rachel Barton Pine, violin
11:53 a.m.
Reinhold Gliere
Concert Waltz Opus 90
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
12:00 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Academic Festival Overture Opus 80
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
12:11 p.m.
Gabriel Olafs
Islandus: Flora II "The Lily"
Reykjavik Orchestra; Viktor Orri Arnason, conductor Gabriel Olafs, piano
12:15 p.m.
Frode Fjellheim
Under the Arctic Moon
Arctic Philharmonic; Christian Kluxen, conductor Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin
12:19 p.m.
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
12:49 p.m.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Wasps: Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor
1:00 p.m.
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto, Op. 4, No. 4 in A minor Opus 4/4 RV 357
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock, conductor Simon Standage, violin
1:08 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Opus 70
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Bomsori Kim, violin
1:46 p.m.
Agustin Barrios
Aire de Zamba
Angel Romero, guitar
1:49 p.m.
Florence Price
String Quartet No. 2: III. Juba in A minor
Catalyst Quartet
1:54 p.m.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Overture K 492
London Philharmonic Orchestra; George Solti, conductor
2:00 p.m.
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" in B minor D 759
Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Charles Mackerras, conductor
2:25 p.m.
Camille Saint-Saens
Africa-Fantasie Opus 89
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Andre Previn, conductor Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
2:37 p.m.
Johann Fischer
THE JOURNAL OF SPRING: Suite No. 2
L'Orfeo Barokorkester; Michi Gaigg, conductor
2:48 p.m.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F minor
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Kurt Masur, conductor
3:01 p.m.
Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso "La Follia" in D minor
Les Violons du Roy; Bernard Labadie, conductor
3:12 p.m.
George Gershwin
Three Preludes
XLNT Sinfonietta Jon Manasse, clarinet
3:21 p.m.
Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio No. 2 in C major Opus 87
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano; Itzhak Perlman, violin; Lynn Harrell, cello
3:50 p.m.
Earl Wild
Grand Fantasie on Porgy and Bess: Summertime (After G. Gershwin)
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
3:59 p.m.
Antonin Dvorak
Czech Suite Opus 39
Prague Philharmonia; Jakub Hrusa, conductor
4:24 p.m.
Enrique Granados
Danzas espanolas No. 10 "Triste"
Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
4:28 p.m.
Manuel de Falla
EL AMOR BRUJO: Ritual Fire Dance
Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Ormandy, conductor
4:34 p.m.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Gottfried von der Goltz, violin
4:51 p.m.
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Presto - Molto allegro e vivace in G minor Opus 25
London Mozart Players; Jonathan Bloxham, conductor Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
4:59 p.m.
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Overture Opus 10
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi, conductor
5:08 p.m.
Johan Svendsen
Symphony No. 2 in Bb major Opus 15
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Mariss Jansons, conductor
5:41 p.m.
Teresa Carreno
Ballade Opus 15
Clara Rodriguez, piano
5:50 p.m.
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Artist's Life Opus 316 Kunstlerleben
Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Jascha Horenstein, conductor
5:59 p.m.
Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 4 "Inextinguishable" Opus 29
Royal Danish Orchestra; Paavo Berglund, conductor
6:33 p.m.
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dumka in C minor Opus 59 :Russian Rustic Scene
Lang Lang, piano
6:42 p.m.
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Prelude No. 1
Orchestre de Paris; Klaus Makela, conductor Xuefei Yang, guitar
6:54 p.m.
Mario Albanese
Jequibau
Plinio Fernandes, guitar
6:56 p.m.
Nikolai Kapustin
Prelude in Jazz Style No. 12 in G# minor Opus 53
John Salmon, piano
